Ministry of Defence (Czechoslovakia)

The Ministry of National Defense of the Czechoslovak Republic (Czech: Ministerstvo národní obrany Československé republiky, MNO ČSR; later MNO ČSSR[1] and MNO ČSFR[2]) refers to the defence ministry which was responsible for defense of Czechoslovakia during its existence, from 1918 to 1992.

List of ministers

First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)

№ MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Syrový, JanVáclav Klofáč
(1868–1942)		14 November 191824 May 19201 year, 192 days
2
Tusar, VlastimilVlastimil Tusar
(1880–1924)		25 May 192015 July 192051 days
3
Markovič, IvanIvan Markovič
(1888–1944)		16 July 192014 September 192060 days
4
Husák, OtakarGeneral
Otakar Husák
(1885–1964)		15 September 192025 September 19211 year, 10 days
5
Udržal, FrantišekFrantišek Udržal
(1866–1938)		26 September 19218 December 19254 years, 73 days
6
Stříbrný, JiříJiří Stříbrný
(1880–1955)		9 December 192517 March 192698 days
7
Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army
Jan Syrový
(1888–1970)		18 March 192611 October 1926207 days
(5)
Udržal, FrantišekFrantišek Udržal
(1866–1938)		12 October 192615 September 19292 years, 338 days
8
Viškovský, KarelKarel Viškovský
(1868–1932)		16 September 192928 October 19323 years, 42 days
9
Bradáč, BohumírBohumír Bradáč
(1881–1935)		29 October 19323 June 19352 years, 217 days
10
Machník, FrantišekFrantišek Machník
(1886–1967)		3 June 193521 September 19383 years, 101 days

Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)

№ MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army
Jan Syrový
(1888–1970)		22 September 193827 April 1939217 days

Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1940–1945)

№ MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Ingr, SergejGeneral of the Army
Sergej Ingr
(1894–1956)		21 July 194019 September 19444 years, 60 days
2
Masaryk, JanJan Masaryk
(1886–1948)		20 September 19443 April 1945195 days

Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)

№ MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Svoboda, LudvíkGeneral of the Army
Ludvík Svoboda
(1895–1979)		4 April 19457 June 19483 years, 64 days

Communist Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)

№ MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Svoboda, LudvíkGeneral of the Army
Ludvík Svoboda
(1895–1979)		7 June 194824 April 19501 year, 321 days
2
Čepička, AlexejGeneral of the Army
Alexej Čepička
(1910–1990)		25 April 195024 April 19565 years, 365 days
3
Andrejčák, ImrichGeneral of the Army
Bohumír Lomský
(1914–1982)		25 April 195623 April 196811 years, 364 days
4
Dzúr, MartinGeneral of the Army
Martin Dzúr
(1919–1985)		24 April 196811 January 198516 years, 262 days
5
Václavík, MilánGeneral of the Army
Milán Václavík
(1928–2007)		11 January 19853 December 19894 years, 326 days

Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1989–1992)

№ MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Vacek, MiroslavGeneral of the Army
Miroslav Vacek
(born 1935)		4 December 198917 October 1990317 days
2
Dobrovský, LubošLuboš Dobrovský
(born 1932)		18 October 19901 July 19921 year, 257 days
3
Andrejčák, ImrichGeneral
Imrich Andrejčák
(born 1941)		2 July 199231 December 1992182 days

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Abbreviation Československá socialistická republika ("Czechoslovak Socialist Republic"), state name between 1960–1990
  2. ↑ Abbreviation Česká a Slovenská Federativní Republika ("Czech and Slovak Federative Republic"), state name between 1990–1992
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